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AI API Cost Firewall & Rate Limiter vs IWE
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Token guard and rate limiter preventing runaway API cost spikes for OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours IWE (94/100 against 17). AI API Cost Firewall & Rate Limiter is hosted and callable through the gateway; IWE runs on your own machine. IWE has noticeably more public adoption.
| AI API Cost Firewall & Rate Limiter | IWE | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | F17/100 | A94/100 |
| Adoption | New | Established |
| GitHub stars | – | 1.7k |
| Downloads / week | – | 147 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | — | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | — | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | AI and agents | AI and agents |